working hotspots out. firefighters say they are making progress against the wildfires out mass. the wind in california dying down making easier for cruise to get the fires contain. let s take a look at the weather conditions this week we are joined by the weather senior broadcast meteorologist. reporter: we are getting back to the much needed pattern changes week the reduced risks for the fires in california. at last the weather conditions are cooperating for all of those firefighters. we are returning to the week entre flow and that is helping to continue to lower the overall higher danger over the next couple of days at times it will remain breezy and remain nothing to what we have dealt with over the last several days. even though the southwest remains dry the next couple of days monday to tuesday we re talking about the rebound of the dew point temperatures and you will notice along the coast that s where the dew point are
arthel: it s almost time to turn your clocks back an hour. daylight saving time ends tonight at 2:00 a.m. your local time, which means we all gain an extra hour of sleep. but it also means the darkest months of the year are right around the corner. joining us now is our senior broadcast meteorologist for accuweather. hi, lauren. hi, arthel. good evening to you. of course the main headlines weather wise being california with all these major wildfires continuing to burn. we have a couple in northern california and several burning in southern california. great news, conditions are slowly but surely improving. red flag warnings remain in place through 6:00 local time. not going to be surprised if the national weather service decides to extend the red flag warnings through sunday across
the brownsbury nuclear plant in nourn alabama. reactors were shut down last night when they lost offsite power. backup generators are filling the gap. alabama power officials say more than a third of a million customers still in the dark tonight. president obama has declared an emergency for alabama and dispatched his fema administrator there. we can t control when or where a terrible storm may strike. but we can control how we respond to it, and i want every american who has been affected by this disaster to know that the federal government will do everything we can to help you recover. recovering, of course, and some very, very trying days ahead. reynolds wolf is on the ground in tuscaloosa, right in the heart of it. given the fury of these tornadoes, the fury, are you surprised by the amount of destruction? reporter: i got to tell you, i ve never seen anything like this before. as you know, i m from alabama, i grew up here and i ve been a broadcast meteorologist for nearly two
the nuclear regulatory commission tonight is monitoring a nuclear plant in northern alabama. reactors were shut down last night when they lost offsite power. backup generators are filling the gap. more than a third of a million customers still in the dark tonight. president obama has declared an emergency for alabama and dispatched his fema administrator there. we can t control when or where a terrible storm may strike. but we can control how we respond to it, and i want every american who has been affected by this disaster to know that the federal government will do everything we can to help you recover. reynolds wolf is on the ground in tuscaloosa, right in the heart of it. given the fury of these tornadoes, the fury, are you surprised by the amount of destruction? reporter: i got to tell you, i ve never seen anything like this before. as you know, i m from alabama, i have been a broadcast
alabama. reactors were shut down last night when they lost offsite power. backup generators are filling the gap. more than a third of a million customers still in the dark tonight. president obama has declared an emergency for alabama and dispatched his fema administrator there. we can t control when or where a terrible storm may strike. but we can control how we respond to it, and i want every american who has been affected by this disaster to know that the federal government will do everything we can to help you recover. reynolds wolf is on the ground in tuscaloosa, right in the heart of it. given the fury of these tornadoes, the fury, are you surprised by the amount of destruction? reporter: i got to tell you, i ve never seen anything like this before. as you know, i m from alabama, i have been a broadcast meteorologist for nearly two decades. i ve never seen anything quite like this.